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Heaven and Hell - A Detailed Exploration of the Afterlife, Angels, Spirits, and the Spiritual World
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781617203664
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Published: Jul 18 2011
Pages: 858
Weight: 2.48
Height: 1.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This omnibus volume gathers three of the defining poetic works on Heaven, Hell, and redemption: John Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, and Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy in the distinguished translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
In Paradise Lost, Milton recounts the rebellion of Satan, the war in Heaven, and the fall of man with an epic scope that reshaped English literature. Vast in design and intricate in theological argument, the poem unites cosmic drama with psychological insight, presenting obedience and revolt, innocence and ambition, within a universe ordered by divine justice.
Paradise Regained, Milton's concentrated companion to his earlier epic, turns to Christ's forty days of temptation in the wilderness. Restrained and contemplative, it examines spiritual authority not through spectacle, but through endurance and resolve.
Dante's Divine Comedy traces a first-person journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven while simultaneously charting the soul's progress toward God. Longfellow's classic translation introduced generations of English-language readers to Dante's vast theological vision and moral architecture, preserving both narrative clarity and poetic dignity.
Taken together, these works stand at the summit of sacred and epic poetry, forming a sustained meditation on sin, judgment, grace, and redemption that continues to shape Western literary and religious thought.
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